From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jul 10 13:58:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DB7837B400 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:58:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spork.pantherdragon.org (spork.pantherdragon.org [206.29.168.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5A4543E31 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:58:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmp@pantherdragon.org) Received: from spark.techno.pagans (spark.techno.pagans [4.61.202.145]) by spork.pantherdragon.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95063471DA; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pantherdragon.org (speck.techno.pagans [172.21.42.2]) by spark.techno.pagans (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1FE5FF8F; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:52:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3D2C9E93.A8EBBD81@pantherdragon.org> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:52:35 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Lambert Cc: a clever sheep , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2u freebsd box and riser card drivers References: <20020710155003.GC500@malkavian.org> <3D2C9C2F.91398132@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert wrote: > a clever sheep wrote: > > i'm looking to move one (or more) of my freebsd boxes to 2u rack-mount > > cases. in some cases i have on-board lan, in others i need both a lan > > card and a video card. > > > > a lot of these cheap-o 2u cases look like they require drivers for the > > pci riser cards. is this the case? is it universal or is it dependant > > on the brand of riser card? > > They are just wires and connectors to extend the wires and connectors > already there. No drivers necessary. > > On a related note, I've been looking for a 1U case and riser that can > handle 2 cards (one right-side-up, the other up-side-down), i.e. the > cards go on opposite sides of the riser, with their connectors facing > each other: Would the connectors being that close to each other impact signal timing? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message